Smith v. Commonwealth

Decided October 6, 1978. Richard Harding Poff wrote the opinion for the court.

219 Va. 455 · Cited 232 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Lewis v. Commonwealth · 218 Va. 31
• People v. Bandhauer · 426 P.2d 900
• Wynne v. Commonwealth · 218 S.E.2d 445
• Brown v. Commonwealth · 212 Va. 515
• Inge v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 360
• Greenfield v. Commonwealth · 214 Va. 710
• Ferguson v. Ferguson · 169 Va. 77
• Washington v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 185
• State v. Simmons · 213 S.E.2d 280
• Fleenor v. Commonwealth · 200 Va. 270
• Roy v. Commonwealth · 191 Va. 722
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth · 204 S.E.2d 258
• Jordan v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 768
• Waltrip v. Commonwealth · 189 Va. 365
• Barnett v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 200
• State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
• Donaldson v. Sack · 265 So. 2d 499

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• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 644
• Coppola v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 797
• Watkins v. Commonwealth · 331 S.E.2d 422
• Stewart v. Commonwealth · 427 S.E.2d 394
• Tuggle v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 539
• Campbell v. Commonwealth · 571 S.E.2d 906
• Turner v. Commonwealth · 364 S.E.2d 483
• Stamper v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 808
• Porter v. Com. · 661 S.E.2d 415
• Clark v. Commonwealth · 220 Va. 201
• Turner v. Commonwealth · 273 S.E.2d 36
• Gray v. Commonwealth · 356 S.E.2d 157
• Walker v. Commonwealth · 515 S.E.2d 565
• Correll v. Commonwealth · 352 S.E.2d 352
• George v. Commonwealth · 411 S.E.2d 12
• Bunch v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 271
• Martin v. Commonwealth · 271 S.E.2d 123
• Green v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 834
• Spencer v. Commonwealth · 385 S.E.2d 850
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 450 S.E.2d 365
• Tichnell v. State · 415 A.2d 830

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